Full coverage: Uzbekistan

25.09.2006 Fourth National Summit of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT Summit 2006) held on 25 September at the International Business Centre (Tashkent) opened the ICT Week in Uzbekistan.

28.04.2006 The training courses on information and communication technologies (ICT) have started in the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of Uzbekistan.

24.10.2005 The "Uzbekistan Development Gateway (UzDG)" component of the Centre for economic research in cooperation with Gender unit of the UNDP CO in the Republic of Uzbekistan developed the first edition of the "Gender equality in Uzbekistan" information e-newsletter.

14.10.2005 The fourth issue of TV-Programme supported by UNDP ICTP project will be broadcasted on Tuesday October 11 and will be retransmitted on Friday October 14 on “Yoshlar” Channel of Uzbek national television.

23.09.2005 On September 8, 2005, the EU/UNDP funded project “Enhancement of Living Standards in Karakalpakstan” organized a roundtable on micro financing and community participation.

10.03.2005 Though Uzbekistan has a net enrolment ratio of 99% with a minimal gender disparity, the quality of basic education is often low and less relevance. To improve the situation, Asian Development Bank has initiated a scoping study to integrate an ICT-assisted learning in certain grade levels.

18.05.2004 The impact of ICTs on local culture in countries of Central Asia is the focus of this multi-year research project. It has already come out with some findings on the implications of internet on society.

05.04.2004 The use of ICT in non-formal education programmes to foster participation of disadvantaged people in literacy, basic education and continuing education activities is at the centre of projects in Indonesia, Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uzbekistan that UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Programme of Education for All has launched with funds from Japan.

26.06.2003 An education television project for Uzbekistan conceptualised and developed by the British Council and the Thomson Foundation will help regional television stations in the country to use and understand basic educational programming.

03.06.2003 The One Minutes Jr. is organising its second workshop for young people between the ages of 12-20 from the CIS countries. The four-day workshop provides hands-on training on how to produce their own video messages, use storyboards and gives advice on shooting and editing.

11.03.2003 Two journalists of Radio Free Europe and Voice of America were beaten up in Tashkent by some 15 thugs. The attack came when they were covering the forced dispersion of women who had been protesting against the arrest of their relatives on charges of being Islamist militants.

14.01.2003 Uzbekistan is accelerating progress in information and communications technology, joining the digital revolution with support from UNDP and UN Volunteers.

24.10.2002 Student volunteers with good ICT skills are helping NGOs in Uzbekistan develop their ICT capacity. From basic computer skills to creating databases, these students teach them all.